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Oy! Was this fixed!
If you had seen it an hour before it was done, you would not ask the question!
I struggled all the way. One of the problems with a live model in a group, not for my own personal reference, is that they are human. She had an elegant profile of the eyelash, nose and chin, the reflected light on the top of her shoulder was nearly blue! Lots of nifty stuff, but when she came back every 20 minutes it was different. By the fourth pose the wonderful red of her shirt never showed again.
One cannot complain; it is only $6 a session! Bargain for the work. I got lots of nice texture because there are so many layers of paint!
A secret for the alla prima effect for me, is that if I don't sketch or pencil in my guidelines, I use no oil, just turps to thin. That way it does not stay wet, but will eventually dry a bit, at least enough to tooth and take more paint.
As far as AFTER the model leaves. I MAY fiddle a bit on the breaks between, but mostly on the background or clothes, but try like mad not to mess with the face. After all, I don't have a reference so what am I trying to improve upon?
Thanks for asking. Sometimes spontaneous is actually more like panic.
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